Graeme Swann has experience of being caught up in a fixed Test match but believes any player who got involved in such a scam in the current climate would be "an idiot".

Swann was a squad member for the Centurion Test of 2000, when South Africa's captain Hansie Cronje offered England the chance to chase an unusually generous 249 in 76 overs after rain had seemingly ended any chance of a result. It later transpired Cronje, who died in a plane crash in 2002, had accepted cash and gifts to engineer a result.

But Swann, when asked about Tim May's recent comments on the renewed dangers of match-fixing, insisted players are now well drilled in the perils of illegal syndicates.

May, a former Australia spinner and now chief executive of the Federation of International Cricket Associations, had told the Wisden Cricketer the burgeoning world of Twenty20 was "ripe for corruption".

"In retrospect it does [seem strange] when you look back and see the target was 249 in about 70 overs," said Swann, a member of the England squad due to face Bangladesh in two Tests from the end of this month. "That would get alarm bells ringing now, but it was quite a naive time. No one ever expected it, we just thought it was our lucky day.

"We've not had specific advice for this trip, but there are ICC anti-corruption guys who travel all year round with us. Everyone is educated and everyone is fully aware of the dangers. It would be an absolute idiot who did it now. It's lunacy and anyone who tries it gets what they deserve. It probably goes on in some form, but you never know who it is. I don't think anyone in this England team could ever be considered a match-fixer."

Players are required by the International Cricket Council to watch a film telling them of the dangers of match-fixing, as well as protocol about who to contact if they are approached by suspected syndicates.

There are also information posters in international dressing rooms reminding players of their responsibilities.